Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Jan 30: A Malaysian citizen has been to procure Aadhar card from the city. There is suspicion that local officials and people's representatives were hand in glove with the person concerned in getting him this card. This incident also has given reason to believe that a large number of such fake Aadhar cards could have been in circulation.
Hoh Jian Meng (25), who has come to pursue medical course in the city with study visa, has succeeded in getting an Aadhar card for himself. With this, this Malaysian citizen has been recognized as an Indian citizen now.
A person, in order to apply for the said card, is compelled to provide documents in support of his residence and the fact that he is an Indian. The officials entrusted with the work of issuing these cards are expected reject applications accompanied by unreliable and fake documents. The name and appearance of the above applicant clearly indicates that he is not an Indian. Therefore, the people are of the opinion that upholding his request and issuing Aadhar card to him, which could be an act of treason, was supported by officials and local people having political clout.
After a local Kannada daily was alerted about issuance of Aadhar card to the above person, the concerned checked the facts and got confirmation that the card had indeed been issued to him. The daily says that the address of the person as per the card happens to be 'Hoh Jian Meng, son of Hoh Deng Kiyong, No. 012, Balmatta Road, Maharaja Residency, Hampanakatta, Mangaluru.
People residing in the area claim that a few months back, a woman had visited the apartment complex in which the above student currently lives, seeking to procure Aadhar card for people who were in need of them. The security staff had refused her permission to enter the apartment complex. A call, which was purported to have emanated from the local political leader, is said to have asked the security personnel to allow the woman to get Aadhar cards done and that she was working on behalf of a party. The security staff allowed her to go in thereafter. The identity of the woman, the party which deputed her, and the person who made the said call, are yet to be revealed.
The Aadhar registration was done at Mangalore One centre, it is gathered.